Major magnitude 6.6 earthquake - 16 mi east of Haiku-Pauwela, Maui County, Hawaii, USA, on Sunday, January 23, 1938 at 08:32 GMT
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Major magnitude 6.6 earthquake at 10 km depth
Earthquake details
| Date & time | Jan 23, 1938 08:32:49 UTC |
| Local time at epicenter | |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 6.6 |
| Depth | 10.0 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 20.92°N / 156.057°W  (North Pacific Ocean, Hawaii, United States) |
| Antipode | 20.92°S / 23.943°E |
| Shaking intensity | Very strong shaking near epicenter |
| Felt | 0 reports |
| Primary data source | USGS (United States Geological Survey) |
| Nearest volcano | Haleakala (31 km / 19 mi) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 19 km (12 mi) NNW of Hana (pop: 1,240) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 26 km (16 mi) E of Haiku-Pauwela (pop: 8,120) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 31 km (19 mi) ENE of Pukalani (pop: 7,570) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 43 km (27 mi) E of Kahului (pop: 26,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 44 km (27 mi) ENE of Kīhei (pop: 20,900) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 47 km (29 mi) E of Wailuku (pop: 15,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 65 km (40 mi) E of Lahaina (pop: 11,700) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 65 km (40 mi) E of Napili-Honokowai (pop: 7,260) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 177 km (110 mi) ESE of East Honolulu (pop: 49,900) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 192 km (119 mi) ESE of Honolulu (pop: 371,700) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 5 x 1014 joules (139 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 1.2 x 105 tons of TNT or 7.5 atomic bombs!) | about seismic energy |
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 6.6 | 10 km | Maui region, Hawaii (USA) | USGS |
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